Transition Team and Solar Power Satellites
“A National Security Space Office (NSSO) study concluded in October of 2007 that “The magnitude of the looming energy and environmental problems is significant enough to warrant consideration of all options, to include … space-based solar power.” This NSSO report also concluded that SSP has “enormous potential for energy security, economic development, improved environmental stewardship, advancement of general space faring, and overall national security for those nations who construct and possess a (SSP) capability.” We urge the next President of the United States to include SSP as a new start in a balanced federal strategy for energy independence and environmental stewardship, and to assign lead responsibility to a U.S. federal agency.”
Let the sun shine in, The Economist
“Today it is not just robots in science-fiction tales who are believers in the wonders of space solar power (SSP); the idea also has a small but growing number of human adherents. The basic idea is simple. Light from the sun is the most abundant and cleanest source of energy available in the solar system.”
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